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Discussion in 'New to the H.A.M.B.? Introduce yourself here!' started by sine-bar, Oct 16, 2012.

  1. sine-bar
    Joined: Oct 8, 2012
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    from Iowa

    Just picked up a 41 Plymouth Pickup, Looking for info on redoing it, looks like I came to the right place.

    Brent
     
  2. Master of None
    Joined: Dec 18, 2009
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    Welcome from Rockwell City, IA.
     
  3. carmak
    Joined: Aug 8, 2005
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    Welcome from Riverside.

    What is the condition of your Plymouth? What are your plans?

    Carmak

    P.S. I used to have a 67 Pontiac ambulance from the Morley-Martelle first responders.
     
  4. farmer12
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    Welcome from the Netherlands!
     

  5. IAVWGUY
    Joined: Nov 19, 2010
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    Welcome from Sioux City, Ia.
     
  6. Welcome from KC!
     
  7. out plowing
    Joined: May 5, 2010
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    Welcome from Waverly, Iowa
     
  8. chubbie
    Joined: Jan 14, 2009
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    hello from the far NW corner, where on a clear day it smells like pig shit!!!
     
  9. sine-bar
    Joined: Oct 8, 2012
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    from Iowa

    Thanks for the welcome,

    Carmak,

    It's pretty rough so I haven't decided what to do yet. I think I'll get it on the road and do it as a work in progress, I'm afraid if I strip it all the way down to do a frame off I'll loose interest and never get it back together.


    Brent
     
  10. carmak
    Joined: Aug 8, 2005
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    It's great to hear you are thinking about the big picture before you tear it apart.

    As a person of minimal means with limmited tools and skills who has a family with kids in school I have some advice.

    If you are not really sure that you can finish your truck (it is up to you to define "finished") then I would leave it together, sell it and find a project that you can finish.

    The world is littered with started projects that have missing parts that should have been left together.

    Lastly always start with the BEST car you can afford.

    Good Luck!

    Carmak

    P.S. PM me if there is anything you are looking for or need help with.
     
  11. sine-bar
    Joined: Oct 8, 2012
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    from Iowa

    Thanks for the advice Carmak

    Is your Avitar the Black Angel from the Iowa City Cemetery?
     
  12. carmak
    Joined: Aug 8, 2005
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    Yes it is. I grew up in the house on the hill next to the entrance (my father has lived there since 1941). In my youth (before they had a light on it) I used to torment the late night visitors. I knew the place well enough to run in pitch darkness.

    If you are an Iowa City local and your are Czech then you are a Northsider and if you are a German then you are a Southsider (The dividing line is Jefferson St).

    Carmak
     
  13. kyvetteman
    Joined: May 13, 2012
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    Welcome from Kentucky & Tennessee! Let's see some pics of the Plymouth!
     
  14. sine-bar
    Joined: Oct 8, 2012
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    from Iowa

    Here it is ready to haul home. Actually came out of Iowa City

    [​IMG]
     
  15. masters9661
    Joined: Jul 19, 2010
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    Welcome from Chariton, Iowa. Looks like a really solid truck!! Have fun with it
     
  16. Greatings from Des Moines!
     
  17. kennkat
    Joined: Aug 25, 2011
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    Hello and welcome from Twain Harte, California
     

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